Electro trio Chvrches gear up for Cambridge Junction show

If you haven’t yet stumbled across the electro-loveliness of Scottish trio Chvrches, you’ve been seriously missing out. Bounding out of nowhere with their first song Lies last year, heavy with synth-pop, they followed up with the achingly wonderful The Mother of We Share and skin-tinglingly good Recover. Then they released debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, which can only be described as incredible. (We recommend listening to Tether on repeat – the drop is just brilliant).

Basically, if you give them a listen, they’ll seep into your brain and cling on indefinitely. Can you tell we’re massive fans?

Made up of the deceptively sweet and elfin Lauren Mayberry on vocals (we saw them perform in Shoreditch last spring, and it turns out she can seriously rap. You wouldn’t believe it unless you saw it), with Iain Cook on synths, guitar and bass, and Martin Doherty on synths and samplers, the trio all have backgrounds in overlapping bands, although Mayberry also studied law and filled a few years as a freelance journalist.

Together though, things just clicked. They staked their claim on the mainstream after coming fifth in the BBC’s Sound of 2013 list, and followed up with a stack of festival slots, gracing crowds with a whole lot of strobe lighting and Mayberry’s wrenching vocals.

Now they’re finally coming to Cambridge, and it’s about time. Sadly the Junction gig is sold out (it sold out almost instantly to be fair), but if you do have a ticket, go adore them.